Football
1/24/2023 3:45:00 PM

DURHAM – Former Duke standout huge receiver Clarkston Hines might be inducted into the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame in April, introduced on Tuesday by the group.
 
Hines, a local of Chapel Hill, N.C., lettered 4 seasons (1986-87-88-89) at Duke, and established college, ACC and NCAA data throughout his profession with the Blue Devils.  
 
While in Durham, the consecutive First Team All-America choose in 1988 and 1989 caught 189 profession passes for 3,318 yards and 38 touchdowns. He 3 times earned First Team All-ACC honors and graduated as Duke’s profession chief in receptions, receiving yards, landing receptions and 100-yard receiving video games (18). He nonetheless ranks because the ACC’s all-time chief in landing catches and 100-yard receiving video games, whereas being the one participant in league historical past to document three 1,000-yard receiving campaigns.
 
In his senior marketing campaign of 1989, Hines caught 61 passes for 1,149 yards and 17 scores. He was named ACC Player of the Year and helped Duke to a share of the ACC title and a visit to the All American Bowl. In addition, he obtained the McKevlin Award as the highest male athlete within the ACC.
 
Enshrined into the Duke Athletics Hall of Fame in 1999 and the College Football Hall of Fame in 2010, Hines was a ninth-round alternative of the Buffalo Bills within the 1990 NFL Draft.
 
Hines is joined within the 15-member North Carolina Hall of Fame induction class by Rick Barnes, Jason Brown, Jeff Davis, Donald Evans, Tom Fazio, Ellen Griffin, Tom Higgins, Bob “Stonewall” Jackson, Trudi Lacey, Ronald Rogers, John Sadri, Jerry Stackhouse, Curtis Strange and Rosie Thompson.
 
The 59th annual North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame Induction Celebration is scheduled for the night of Friday, April 21, on the Raleigh Convention Center, beginning at 7 p.m. A information convention might be held earlier that day at 2 p.m. on the conference middle. Ticket info is on the market HERE.

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